I don't think it does. But I saw a Netgear and stupidly figured it was probably the most vulnerable. I shouldn't be that bad off if my setup is only a year old right? I guess I should start looking into firmware flashing and such for network stuff.

Low threat seems like a bit of an understatement. "No threat" is more like it. And yes - I did read the article. The number of potential targets for this worm is remarkably low; and since it uses known malicious servers the probability of infection on basically any modern network is next to zero. For one, it targets specifically x86 processors running on an unpatched code base that suffers from the vulnerability. Well, interestingly, almost all x86 based distributions move rather quickly - and almost zero infrastructure devices (those that go without updates for months on end) run an x86 processor. Not to mention the "vulnerability" relies on easy to guess passwords, stored in common locations. Another article blowing things way out of proportion.

Low threat seems like a bit of an understatement. "No threat" is more like it. And yes - I did read the article. The number of potential targets for this worm is remarkably low; and since it uses known malicious servers the probability of infection on basically any modern network is next to zero. For one, it targets specifically x86 processors running on an unpatched code base that suffers from the vulnerability. Well, interestingly, almost all x86 based distributions move rather quickly - and almost zero infrastructure devices (those that go without updates for months on end) run an x86 processor. Not to mention the "vulnerability" relies on easy to guess passwords, stored in common locations. Another article blowing things way out of proportion.

Not really. The article makes it quite clear that the risk is low. But since some people forget about securing their networking hardware -thinking only PCs / servers can get hacked- it's good to raise awareness that anything with a processor is a potential vulnerability.

It's also worth noting that x86 isn't only a target because that's what the code's been compiled against. However any architecture could be targeted in the same way. So the scope for this vulnerability (if not this specific attack) isn't quite as narrow as you state - though you're other points are bang on